In addition stained concrete floors often have more intricate finishes with multiple colors and stencil work.
How to install stained concrete floors in house.
Surface prepartion your concrete will be cleaned and possibly ground to get it ready for staining polishing or resurfacing.
The cost of staining concrete interior floors can be higher than installing other types of floors if you have to remove existing flooring like carpet or hardwood.
I am considering staining some of the concrete floors in my house.
Mix the product in a basic pump style garden sprayer.
Read the instructions on the can for dry time.
Brush strokes may appear so go over the floor again with a second coat to cover them up.
This will create a more consistent finish.
Allow the first round of spraying to set and then look for any areas that are lighter than you prefer.
This can involve first removing any existing flooring such as carpeting or vinyl to expose the existing concrete slab.
Once the tack stripe are removed it will leave holes in the concrete some worse than others.
Allow the first coat to dry.
As you re spraying the stain have someone else follow behind you with a broom working the stain into the floor.
Spray it evenly across the floor.
Pump the stain onto the concrete using even strokes to make sure the surface is complete coated but without creating any puddles.
Concrete floor installation in most circumstances a residential concrete floor is created by grinding an existing structural concrete slab and applying a chosen polishing colorizing or texturizing technique.
Apply the concrete stain.